Villach Hauptbahnhof

Villach Hauptbahnhof
Station building
Location Bahnhofplatz
9500 Villach
Austria
Coordinates 46°37′6″N 13°50′54″E / 46.61833°N 13.84833°E / 46.61833; 13.84833Coordinates: 46°37′6″N 13°50′54″E / 46.61833°N 13.84833°E / 46.61833; 13.84833
Owned by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Platforms 12
Location
Villach Hauptbahnhof
Location within Austria

Villach Hauptbahnhof (translated as Villach Central Station[1]) is the main railway station in Villach, the second largest city in the Austrian state of Carinthia.[2] It primarily serves as a passenger station and is an important junction within the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) network.

Operational usage

Railway tracks

The station has twelve tracks, four of them sidings, and a motorail terminal. It is linked with both to the Southern Railway line to Vienna and the Tauern Railway line towards Salzburg.

Villach is served by Austrian Railjet, InterCity and Regional-Express trains, as well as by the Carinthian S-Bahn rapid transit system. The station also hosts international EuroCity and EuroNight trains leading to destinations like Munich, Ljubljana and Zagreb, or to Venezia Santa Lucia via Tarvisio Boscoverde and Udine.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • RailJet services (Lienz -) Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna
  • EuroCity services Klagenfurt - Villach - Salzburg - Munich (-Dortmund/Frankfurt)
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Udine - Venice"
  • EuroNight services Belgrade - Zagreb - Ljubljana - Villach - Innsbruck - Zurich
  • EuroNight services Rome - Florence - Bologna (Milan - Verona) - Venice - Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna
  • EuroNight services Zagreb - Ljubljana - Villach - Salzburg - Munich
Preceding station   ÖBB   Following station
Spittal-Millstättersee
toward Lienz in Osttirol
Railjet
Velden am Wörther See
toward Wien Hbf
Terminus
EuroCity
Spittal-Millstättersee
toward Munich Hbf
EuroCity
toward Wien Hbf
TerminusEuroCity
Faak am See
toward Zagreb Hbf
toward Roma Termini
EuroNight
toward Wien Hbf
EuroNight
toward Wien Hbf
Preceding station   Optima Tours   Following station
TerminusOptima Express
toward Edirne

References

  1. ↑ Villach at Rail Europe. Accessed on 14 Aug 2013
  2. ↑ ÖBB travel portal: Stations with Luggage lockers "Upper Austria: Linz Hauptbahnhof, Wels Hauptbahnhof, .. Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, ..Graz Hauptbahnhof, Leoben Hauptbahnhof, ...Carinthia / East Tyrol: Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof, Villach Hauptbahnhof, Tyrol: Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, .. "

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